Fiction. As Charles Baxter says, "All the grit, humor, intelligence and darkness of Detroit" can be found in this collection of stories about people struggling to love and be loved. Rhoda Stamell began writing fiction at the age of 50 and retired from teaching high school to write full-time at 61. She has won several awards and writing residencies.

Detroit Stories

Stamell, Rhoda

Literature & Fiction

Mayapple Press

Fiction. Suliman grew up as a street kid in Detroit. In jail, he began to understand himself as a man who can change things with his hands and his sense of beauty. When he meets Kate, an older woman who has always found her sense of worth in sexual relationships, she becomes his patron. Although she is unable to free herself from her own rigid sense of how things are supposed to be, Kate helps Suliman to reinvent himself as a successful artist, finding beauty and vitality in the urban landscape of Detroit.

The Art of Ruin

Contemporary

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Detroit Stories

The Art of Ruin